Disappearing headrest



' c. LANE w DISAPPEARING HEAD REST Filed Nov. 22,v 192s akamu June. y14,1927.

Patented Junef14, 1927. l

UNITED) STA TESPATEN N1,632,737 TOFFICH `CHARLES LANE, or, Jnrrnnsomwisconsin.

DISAPPEARING A4HE',annfnsfr.`

. s .application med November 22, leze. serial no. 150,019. f

yinvention relates to y disappearing head vrests or chairs, moreparticularly b'arbers l ,and dentists chairs.V Chairs of this charac-terare often provided` with adjustable head rests which move down behindthe back of the chair, or'rest ony top of thechair back when in their'lowermost position. But with such arrangements, the head rests arealways morey or less in the way, andl occasion a considerable degree ofinconvenience.

' My Objectis to provide a barbers 'chair with a pocket in thebackthereof, with an adjustable head rest mounted therein, and

adapted to 'move upy out of the pocket intoy fl `r-est ofthe characterdescribed having means for carrying and properly housing a roll of paperforuse on they padtof the head rest. Still"` another object is to rovidethe head rest with a4 pivoted cutter or the paper, so arranged that whenthe vcutter is swung forward on its pivot, it presents a sharp cuttingedge upon whicha portion of the paper may b e easily severed from theroll, but when returned topits normalposition will be out of the lwaywith itsedge not exposed. The invention consists in certain novelfeaturesof construction and arrangement of parts, asv will kbehereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to theacco1npanying drawings, in which Fig. .1 is a side elevation'of a vchairprovided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on an enlargedscale of the rupper portion or headrest proper of my device, with thepad removed from the face.'

thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation on a different scale,'ofmy improvedhead rest and the container therefor, the latter being shown in section.Fig. 4 is a front view of the container with an openingbroken away todisclose the slide arrangement which carries the adjusting barof thehead rest. Fig. 5 is a front view of the head rest when in its foldedcondition whenA in the container, but with the pad and transversesprings supporting the same, removed to- 'discloseitheotherv parts;and,Fig. 6 is a rearyiew ofthe upper part of the container, showing thenotch therein for `the reception of the lifting lrnobof the device.

Referring further to the drawings, the

`numeral l'indicates the head rest proper,

which carriesl on its front face a pad 2,

vsupported on the springs 3 which extend transversely across the face ofthe head rest. rihe head rest is supported on the upper end of avertically adjustable bar 4 which is provided throughout kits lengthwith ratchet notches 5, and terminates at its upper end in aright-angled section 6 having at its inner end a pivotal connection 7upon which the head`r est has `a limited rocking movement, as will nowbe explained. The rear wall of kthe headrest is provided with an opening8 therein for the reception ofthe upper end of the section' 6 of the bar4;. `At the opposing sidesvof this opening Vare theears 9 provided withsuitable bores for the ends ofthe pivot 7, A

At the upperV side of this opening 8 is a downward and inward extension10, `the under'faoe 10?* of vwhich serves as anabutment to limit'therocking movement of the head rest on the right-angled` section '6 at theupper end'of the adjusting bar 4. Rigidly secured to the under side `ofthe ears 9 is a downwardly extending vertical section 11 having onitsouter yface a recess 12 in whichza spring 13 is seated. The adjustingbar t is provided on its inner face with a boss 14 around which thevouter end of said `spring is received. This isa compression spring, andtherefore operates to Vthrow the lower end of the head .rest'away fromthe` adjusting bar to givethe head rest, when ink operative position, asuitable degree of inclination .to said bar, as indicated in Figs. 1 and3.

The head rest 1 and the supporting bar 4V are so arranged relatively toeach other that their rear faces are in alinement with each other whenthe lower end of the head rest is swung inwardly toward said barpreparatory to being moved down into the container 15. This container isprovided on `its rear inner wall with guides 16 for the adjusting bar 4.vAt the upper edge of `its rear side it has'a notch 17SL adapted toreceive the lifting knob 17 and further down itis provided with anopening 18 through which the upper` bent end of the pawl 19 is passed toengage the notches 5 ofthe adjusting ,bar 4..

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At, the lower end of the head rest is a roll of paper 20 carried on asuitable rod 2() pivotally mounted between the sides of the container.At one end of this rod the side o' the head rest is slightly out away asindicated at 21, and this slight recess is overlapped by a fiat spring22 secured to said side at its upper end by a screw or rivet 23, and atits lower 'tree end provided with a bore Qt into which the end ot therod 2O is received. The spring is movable into the recess 2l to permitthe end of the rod Q0 to enter the bore 24 at the lower end ot saidspring.

Pivotally mounted on the top of the head rest is the paper cutterprovided with a beveled cutting edge 26. Normally this eutter is swungbackwards as shown in Fig. 2 so that its cutting edge is lying in flatengagement with the top of the head rest.y and therefore said edge isnot exposed. But when it is desired to use the cutter for severing apiece oi-I paper from the roll 20, it is swung forward so that its upperedge overhangs the upper forward edge of the head rest and is fullyexposed ready for use, the pivot point of the cutter being slightlynearer to the forward-edge of the head rest than to the rear edge. Thedownwardly extending section 1l ot the head rest terminates at its lowerside in a foot portion 27 which forms a stop for the head rest when itslower end is moved inwardly toward the adjusting bar 4 to a point wherethe rear wall of the head rest- -and said bar are in parallelism witheach other, so that the 1nclined projection 10 limits the rockingmovement ot' the head rest in one direction, and the toot 27 in theother direction,

The operation ot my device is very simple: The back of the chair withwhich it is to be used is provided with a suitable pocket or opening forthe reception of the Container l5, and the head rest proper is mountedin this container on the vertically adjustable bar L which has theratchet notches 5 on its rear side adapted to be engaged by the paw] l)as the bar is moved upwardly -from notch to notch. The hand knob 17'forms a convenient means for elevating the head rest. Then the headrest is moved upwardly above the top of the container l5, the spring l?)automatically tilts the lower end ot said rest into the positionindicated in Fig. l, ready for use.

vWhen it is desired to apply a new piece of paper to the pad 2 of thehead rest, the desired amount oi? paper is unwound from the roll 20; thecutter Q5 is swung forward, and the paper is cut or torn olf on thebeveled edge 2G, The cutter is then swung hack into its normal position,as indicated in 2, to bring its cutting edge ont of position to becontacted with.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a device whichcan be produced at a very moderate cost, and which will be a greatconvenience to persons using chairs oli the character referred to.

Having now described my invention, what I claim asy new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:- i

ln a device ot the character described, the combination with a headrest, of a supporting bar having an angular upper end extending inwardlyinto the head rest, and pivotedV at its inner extremity to the head resttor the saine to rock thereupon an inclined rigid stop carried by thehead rest and arranged to come into abutting engagement vith the angularupper end of the supporting bar tol limit the rocking movement of thehead rest thereon in one direction; rigid means also carried by the headrest for con tacting with the supporting bar below its angular upper endto limit Yits movement in the opposite direction; a spring for normallypressing the head restl in one direction; and a container for carryingthe supporting bar and for receiving the head rest thereinto and housingthe same when not in use.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

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